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1 sandboy
{'sændbɔi}
n as happy/jolly/merry as a SANDBOY много весел* * *{'sandbъi} n: as happy/jolly/merry as a sandboy много весел.* * *n as happy/jolly/merry as a sandboy много весел -
2 happy
{'hæpi}
1. щастлив, честит, доволен, радостен, с късмет
HAPPY birthday честит рожден ден
to be HAPPY to щастлив съм/радвам се да
I'm not very HAPPY about it това не ме радва особено
he was HAPPY in having a good job той имаше късмет/щастието да има хубава работа
as HAPPY as the day is long напълно щастлив
2. уместен, на място, добре подбран, сполучлив
HAPPY thought/idea добра/отлична идея
3. sl. пийнал* * *{'hapi} а 1. щастлив, честит; доволен; радостен; с късмет; happy bi* * *честит; щастливец; щастлив; радостен; доволен;* * *1. as happy as the day is long напълно щастлив 2. happy birthday честит рожден ден 3. happy thought/idea добра/отлична идея 4. he was happy in having a good job той имаше късмет/щастието да има хубава работа 5. i'm not very happy about it това не ме радва особено 6. sl. пийнал 7. to be happy to щастлив съм/радвам се да 8. уместен, на място, добре подбран, сполучлив 9. щастлив, честит, доволен, радостен, с късмет* * *happy[´hæpi] adj 1. щастлив; доволен; радостен; as \happy as the day is long ( as a clam, as a lark, as a pig in muck, as a sandboy, as Larry) напълно щастлив; I am \happy to щастлив съм (радвам се) да; he/she was \happy in a son/daughter той/тя имаше щастие да има син/дъщеря; a \happy camper разг. щастлив, безгрижен човек; \happy clapper пренебр. ентусиазиран евангелист; \happy families черен Петър ( игра); 2. уместен, добре подбран, подходящ, успешен, на място; a \happy retort уместен отговор; a \happy phrase сполучлива фраза; he/she is \happy at repartee знае да отговори на място; \happy event раждането на дете; \happy hour (за бар, заведение) определено време (обикн. в ранната вечер), когато питиета се продават с намаление; \happy medium златната среда.
См. также в других словарях:
sandboy — ► NOUN (in phrase as happy as a sandboy) ▪ extremely happy or carefree. ORIGIN probably originally denoting a boy going around selling sand … English terms dictionary
sandboy — n. Phrases and idioms: happy as a sandboy extremely happy or carefree. Etymology: prob. = a boy hawking sand for sale * * * noun a young peddler of sand; used now only to express great happiness in happy as a sandboy • Regions: ↑United Kingdom,… … Useful english dictionary
happy — adj. (happier, happiest) 1 feeling or showing pleasure or contentment. 2 a fortunate; characterized by happiness. b (of words, behaviour, etc.) apt, pleasing. 3 colloq. slightly drunk. 4 (in comb.) colloq. inclined to use excessively or at random … Useful english dictionary
sandboy — /ˈsændbɔɪ/ (say sandboy) phrase happy as a sandboy, Colloquial extremely happy …
sandboy — noun a) A boy who sells sand Up and down the street not a child was to be seen. A sandboy with a donkey cart was the sole human arrangement in it. b) A proverbially happy or jolly person Drink always rubbed him the right way, and he would reach… … Wiktionary
happy — /ˈhæpi / (say hapee) adjective (happier, happiest) 1. characterised by or indicative of pleasure, content, or gladness: a happy mood. 2. delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person. 3. favoured by fortune; …
happy — adjective (happier, happiest) 1》 feeling or showing pleasure or contentment. ↘willing to do or accept something. 2》 fortunate and convenient: a happy coincidence. 3》 [in combination] informal inclined to use a specified thing excessively or… … English new terms dictionary
happy as a sandboy — extremely happy … English contemporary dictionary
happy as a sandboy — Very happy. Very carefree … A concise dictionary of English slang
be as happy as a sandboy — be as happy as Larry/a sandboy British & Australian, American to be very happy and to have no worries. We married nine days after we met, and three years on we re happy as Larry. Since he s been at college he s as happy as a clam … New idioms dictionary
(as) happy as a sandboy (or Brit. Larry or N. Amer. a clam) — extremely happy. [prob. orig. denoting a boy hawking sand for sale.] → happy … English new terms dictionary
